[NevadaARES] WeatherNV - Washoe County

[Paul Cavnar]

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN RENO HAS ISSUED AN URBAN & SMALL STREAM FLOOD
ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM PST THUR MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

IN N. CA
     LASSEN.EASTERN PLUMAS & EASTERN SIERRA

IN CNTL CA
     NORTHEASTERN NV.NORTHEASTERN PLACER & NORTHEASTERN EL
     DORADO

IN WESTERN NV
     SOUTHWESTERN WASHOE.NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS & WEST CNTL
     CARSON CITY

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN THE N. SIERRA AND BRIEFLY
INTO EXTREME WESTERN NV THIS AFTERNOON & OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL IS
FORECAST TO REMAIN AROUND 8000 FEET IN THE N. SIERRA THROUGH TONIGHT. BANDS
OF HEAVY SHOWERS COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW & ALREADY SATURATED SOILS WILL
CAUSE RISES ON SMALL STREAMS & LOCAL STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS &
STREAMS.STREETS.HIGHWAYS & UNDERPASSES. 
ADDITIONALLY.COUNTRY ROADS & RANCHES ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS &
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE MUD & ROCK SLIDES WHEN DRIVING IN
CANYONS & NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.


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